Macaroni and Peas

Halloween is tomorrow. So if you don’t have your fill of Halloween treats just yet, try one of these recipes:

Caramel Apples

Image Credit: Nina Shannon

You’ll need roughly three ounces of caramels per apple. I prefer the individually wrapped caramels. They’re cheap and easy. Have the kids help unwrap them and put them in a microwave safe bowl.

Melt the caramels in the microwave on about half power. Remove the bowl from the microwave and stir it every minute or so.

Have the kids wash and dry each apple very well. Then push a popsicle stick into each one.

Line a cookie sheet with wax paper. Put a pile of decorations/toppings on the cookie sheet for each apple. These can be anything you want - nuts, chocolates, sprinkles, etc.

Roll the dry apples in the melted caramels until well coated. Place coated apples on the cookie sheet and roll them around in the toppings of choice.

To make them a little more festive, melt some white choclates or almond bark. Stir in orange food coloring (or a combination of red and yellow - I can never find orange). Drizzle the mixture over the finished apples.

Eyeballs and Crackers

Buy a whiteish cheese ball and stick it in the freezer. When the cheeseball is nice and hard, cut it in half. Place the halves on a serving dish.

Drizzle with tomato sauce or ketchup in the shape of veins. Pour some into a plastic baggie and seal the top. Snip one corner off and squeeze gently.

Top the cheese ball halves with an olive slice or a raisin. Refrigerate your creations.

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Grab your best Halloween cookie cutters and flour tortillas or pita bread. Try tomato tortillas - they’re orangeish red and very festive.

Cut out fun shapes with the cookie cutters. Lay your shapes on a cookie sheet coated with cooking spray. Spray the tops of the shapes too.

Bake for 5-8 minutes - keep an eye on them. You want them crispy but not burnt. Turn them over about half way through the baking time.

Spread the crackers around your eyeballs and serve to your ghoulish guests.